Device for advertising, displaying, and demonstrating goods put up in cans, cartons,or otherwise



R. J. SAWYER. DEVICE FOR ADVERTISING, DISPLAYING, AND DEMONSTRATING GOODS PUT UP IN CANS,

CARTONS, OR OTHERWISE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23, I920. RENEWED AUG. 1. 1922.

Patented Dec. 12, 1922 Pic-2.3

Patented Dec. l2, 1922..

RALPH assess sawrnfa, or Berni-at, MAINE.

nnvrcnr'on ADVERTISING, nrsrtar'ritre, Am) nni/ioiisraarrne Goons rim or IN cans, oearons, on OTHERWISE.

Application filed March 231920, Serial No. 368,187. RenewedAugust 7, 1922. Serial 1W0. 530,294.

T 0 all whomit mag concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH J. SAWYER, a citizen of the United States. a resident of Bethel, in the county of Oxford and State of Maine, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Device for Advertising, Displaying, and Demonstrating Goods Put Up in Cans, Cartons, or Otherwise, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a package for displaying and demonstrating canned goods.

Hitherto a canned goods salesman has been obliged to carry about with him filled cans which were heavy and unwieldly and when a customer desired to see a sample it was necessary to open a can in order to show the appearance of the contents. The contents of the can was usually wasted.

According to my invention I make a demonstrating package by providing in the head of a cylindrical can a jar receiving chamber into which a small screw cap or other like jar can he slipped. The jar is filled with a sample of the goods as indicated on the label of the can. Thus, the salesman will only be obliged to carry with him a sufiicient number of these sample glass jars which can be opened easily, the appearance of the goods in the jar before opening giving a good idea of the charac ter of the contents.

The salesman thus avoids the necessity of wasting the contents of many cans and of carrying many filled cans about with him With this device the purchaser will many times be satisfied with the appearance of the goods in the glass jar without the necessity of opening the jar. These glass jars may also be used in the store for advertising and displaying the goods and selling them to the public; the person purchasing the can will as a rule be pleased to see how the contents of the can looks before purchasing.

1 have illustrated my invention by means of the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan of the top of the can,

Fig. 2 is a plan of the bottom,

Fig. 3 is a half elevation and half section of the can in inverted position showing the jar in position and,

Fig. i is an elevation of the ar.

Referring to the drawing,

1 represents the cylindrical side of the can; 2 is the top and 3 is the bottom.

Opening through the bottom of the can is a 'jar'retaining chamber 5 here shown as cylindrical "core or tube extending into the can far'enough to hold a jar of the requiredlength. As here shown,the core eX- tends to .thetop of the can and it has a solid end 6 at itsinner end.

The sample y'ar 4 having a screw or other cover 7 is'mace to just slip inside the core 5 from the bottom of the can.

The friction between the jar and the core will hold the former in place but it may be easily slipped out by tapping the can slightly. A demonstrating package constructed in this way has many uses aside from those above set forth which willoccur to a salesman equipped with the device.

I claim:

1. A demonstrating device for displaying the container and contents of canned goods comprising a can, the facsimile of the container of the goods to be sold, said can having two heads and provided in one of the same with an opening, a hollow core secured within the can at the said opening, and a transparent sample receptacle of a size to pass through the said opening and frictionally held within the can by the said core and removable therefrom without removing aportion of the can.

2. A demonstrating device for displaying the container and contents of canned goods comprising a can, the facsimile of the container of the goods to be sold, said can having two heads and provided in one of them with a central opening, a hollow cylindrical core secured within the can and extending from the central opening of one head to the other head of the can, and a removable transparent sample receptacle of cylindrical form and of a size to pass through the said opening and frictionally held in place by the corewhereby it is adapted to be removed therefrom without the removal of any portion of the can.

3. A demonstrator for displaying the contents of canned goods, comprising a container, the fac simile of the goods to be sold, said container having an opening communicating with the interior. of the container, 105

and a transparent sample receptacle of a size to pass through and extend into the said opening so as to be received within the container and removable through the opening for displaying a sample of the said goods. 11c

4. A demonstrator for displaying the contents of canned goods, comprising a can, the facsimile of the goods to be sold, said can having an opening extending through one of its faces, a hollowcore secured Within the can at said opening and a transparent receptacle of size to pass through said opening and frictionally held Within the can by the said core and removable therefrom. v

A demonstrator for displaying the contents of canned goods comprising a can, the

facsimile of the goods to be sold, said canhaving an opening extending through one of its faces, and a transparent receptacle of size to pass through said opening and frictionally held Within the can and removable therefrom.

6. A demonstrator for displaying the contents of canned goods comprising-a can, the facsimile of the goods to be sold, said can having an opening extending through one of its faces, a transparent receptacle of size to pass through said opening, and means for holding said receptacle in place within said can.

7. A demonstrator for displaying the contents of canned goods comprising a can, the facsimile of the goods to be sold, said can having an opening extending through one of its faces, an elongated vtransparent receptacle of size to pass longitudinally through said opening, and means for holding said receptacle in place Within said can.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature.

RALPH JOSEPH sAWYna 

